Loyal dogs have always been by the side of artists—or so it would seem, given how often they appear in artworks throughout human history. In this little book, dozens of examples from the Metropolitan Museum of Art are each accompanied by prose or poetry from such writers, humorists, and thinkers as Edith Wharton, Groucho Marx, and William Shakespeare—a painting of puppies wrestling in an American quilt is paired with Charles Schulz's cheerful thought "happiness is a warm puppy," for example. Other works reinforce the bond of man and dog, from a shaggy Newfoundland serving as a cozy seat for a child in a Renoir painting to a winsome dachshund performing tricks in a vintage photograph.